Avineri, Shlomo. 1962. "Hegel and Nationalism." The Review of Politics, Vol. 24, No. 4., pp. 461-484. Link.
Mertens, Thomas. 1995. "Hegel's Homage to Kant's Perpetual Peace: An Analysis of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right" ยงยง 321-340." The Review of Politics, Vol. 57, No. 4., pp. 665-691. Link.
Abstract: At a few places in his "Philosophy of Right" Hegel directly addresses the discussion with his famous predecessor Immanuel Kant. These places indicate very clearly the distinction between the two philosophical standpoints. This article focuses on Hegel's criticism of Kant's views on peace and international law. For two reasons however, it starts with Hegel's rejection of Kant's moral point of view. First, this criticism is presupposed in Hegel's rejection of Kant's view on politics. Second, at least a partial return to Kantian morality is implied in Hegel's statement that war, although not to be condemned categorically, must be limited both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Smith, Steven B. "Hegel's Views on War, the State, and International Relations." The American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 3., pp. 624-632. Link.
Abstract: In this article I argue a thesis about Hegel's views on war different from most previous interpreters, e.g., Popper and Hook on the one side and Avineri and Pelczynski on the other. In particular I argue that his reflections on war are an attempt to answer the problem of political obligation or the question of why should anyone willingly die for the state. Accordingly, I examine briefly Hegel's critique of Kantian morality for its inability to account for political obligation proper and although ultimately I conclude that Hegel never completely extricated himself from Kant's belief in a providentialist historicism leading to a condition of "'perpetual peace,'" I still want to suggest that war remains for Hegel an essential moment in the "'ethical'" life of the state and perhaps the chief means whereby the dignity and autonomy of the state can be exerted over the network of private interests that constitutes civil society.
- Avineri, Shlomo. 1962. "Hegel and Nationalism." The Review of Politics, Vol. 24, No. 4., pp. 461-484. Link.
- Mertens, Thomas. 1995. "Hegel's Homage to Kant's Perpetual Peace: An Analysis of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right" ยงยง 321-340." The Review of Politics, Vol. 57, No. 4., pp. 665-691. Link.
Abstract: At a few places in his "Philosophy of Right" Hegel directly addresses the discussion with his famous predecessor Immanuel Kant. These places indicate very clearly the distinction between the two philosophical standpoints. This article focuses on Hegel's criticism of Kant's views on peace and international law. For two reasons however, it starts with Hegel's rejection of Kant's moral point of view. First, this criticism is presupposed in Hegel's rejection of Kant's view on politics. Second, at least a partial return to Kantian morality is implied in Hegel's statement that war, although not to be condemned categorically, must be limited both quantitatively and qualitatively.- Smith, Steven B. "Hegel's Views on War, the State, and International Relations." The American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 3., pp. 624-632. Link.
Abstract: In this article I argue a thesis about Hegel's views on war different from most previous interpreters, e.g., Popper and Hook on the one side and Avineri and Pelczynski on the other. In particular I argue that his reflections on war are an attempt to answer the problem of political obligation or the question of why should anyone willingly die for the state. Accordingly, I examine briefly Hegel's critique of Kantian morality for its inability to account for political obligation proper and although ultimately I conclude that Hegel never completely extricated himself from Kant's belief in a providentialist historicism leading to a condition of "'perpetual peace,'" I still want to suggest that war remains for Hegel an essential moment in the "'ethical'" life of the state and perhaps the chief means whereby the dignity and autonomy of the state can be exerted over the network of private interests that constitutes civil society.